Patent 7752237 was granted and assigned to Microsoft on July, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A user interface having a search preview is described. In an implementation, one or more characters are received that are input via a search portion of a user interface. When a cursor is positioned proximally to one of a plurality of services in the user interface after the one or more characters are received, a preview is displayed of a search performed using the received one or more characters with the selected said service.